A highly-detailed anatomical study of normal pericardial structures as revealed by in-vivo computed tomography and magnetic resonance images and ex-vivo novel 3D reconstructions from Visible Human Server

• The pericardial cavity, sinuses, and recesses are frequently depicted on Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance (MR). We here review the normal human pericardial structures as provided by MR imaging of young, healthy subject and CT scans acquired after iatrogenic coronary dissection. We compared such radiological information with cadaveric axial and sagittal sections of the human body provided by the Visible Human Server (VHS), Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lousanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

Subject headings

MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP  -- Klinisk medicin -- Radiologi och bildbehandling (hsv//swe)

MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES  -- Clinical Medicine -- Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Computed tomography

Magnetic resonance imaging

Pericardial recesses

Pericardium

Radiological anatomy

Publication and Content Type

for (subject category)

ref (subject category)